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TEST 1
For questions 1-15, read the following text and decide which word A, B, C or D best fits
each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
FAT MAN, THIN MAN
Most of us have at some time or (0)
C
seen a film with the two comedians, Laurel and
Hardy. They (1)__ their first appearance in the (2)__ days of the cinema but not as the
world-famous (3)__ act they were eventually to become. Historians of the cinema (4)__
to an accident that (5)__ them not only to appear in the same film but made them see in
a sudden (6)__ that they (7)__ together like lock and key. They continued into the age
of the talkies, happily not (8)__ by the arrival of sound, as (9)__ to so many actors and
actresses whose voices (10)__ unsuitable. Both (11)__ as funny as they looked since
Laurel, the ideas man, was also responsible (12)__ most of their dialogue. One of their
most (13)__ films is “The Music Box”. Even today it still makes people (14)__ with
laughter, and quite rightly won an Oscar– (15)__ their only one.
0 A once B ago C other D else
1 A performed B gave C showed D made
2 A still B silent C quiet D dumb
3 A pair B team C double D two
4 A indicate B refer C show D mention
5 A caused B made C provided D meant
6 A blink B spark C lightning D flash
7 A fitted B matched C attached D suited
8 A suffered B minded C regretted D troubled
9 A arrived B happened C affected D became
10 A proved B showed C found D turned
11 A voiced B heard C sounded D spoke
12 A of B for C with D to
13 A common B normal C usual D popular
14 A descend B collapse C sink D fall
15 A finally B uneasily C strangely D unusually
For questions 16-30, read the following text and think of the word which best fits each
space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
CHILDREN LOVE COMPUTERS
Children love computers. Parents often find their children don’t (0)need
computer books
because they feel (16)__ home with computers naturally. Some parents say their
children have been playing (17)__ computers since (18)__ they could even walk or talk.
(19)__ this they mean the children were banging (20)__ the keyboard, as they do later if
(21)__ is a piano in the home. But (22)__ one parent pointed out, (23)__ was an old
keyboard he gave his one-year-old son. As children grow older the (24)__ they enjoy
watching the letters appear (25)__ the screen. One parent recalls how her daughter
would become very excited (26)__ seeing her name appear. And more (27)__ anything
her young son still enjoys typing his own name.
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TEST 1
For questions 1-15, read the following text and decide which word A, B, C or D best fits
each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
FAT MAN, THIN MAN
Most of us have at some time or (0) C seen a film with the two comedians, Laurel and
Hardy. They (1)__ their first appearance in the (2)__ days of the cinema but not as the
world-famous (3)__ act they were eventually to become. Historians of the cinema (4)__
to an accident that (5)__ them not only to appear in the same film but made them see in
a sudden (6)__ that they (7)__ together like lock and key. They continued into the age
of the talkies, happily not (8)__ by the arrival of sound, as (9)__ to so many actors and
actresses whose voices (10)__ unsuitable. Both (11)__ as funny as they looked since
Laurel, the ideas man, was also responsible (12)__ most of their dialogue. One of their
most (13)__ films is “The Music Box”. Even today it still makes people (14)__ with
laughter, and quite rightly won an Oscar– (15)__ their only one.
0 A once B ago C other D else
1 A performed B gave C showed D made
2 A still B silent C quiet D dumb
3 A pair B team C double D two
4 A indicate B refer C show D mention
5 A caused B made C provided D meant
6 A blink B spark C lightning D flash
7 A fitted B matched C attached D suited
8 A suffered B minded C regretted D troubled
9 A arrived B happened C affected D became
10 A proved B showed C found D turned
11 A voiced B heard C sounded D spoke
12 A of B for C with D to
13 A common B normal C usual D popular
14 A descend B collapse C sink D fall
15 A finally B uneasily C strangely D unusually
For questions 16-30, read the following text and think of the word which best fits each
space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
CHILDREN LOVE COMPUTERS
Children love computers. Parents often find their children don’t (0)need computer books
because they feel (16)__ home with computers naturally. Some parents say their
children have been playing (17)__ computers since (18)__ they could even walk or talk.
(19)__ this they mean the children were banging (20)__ the keyboard, as they do later if
(21)__ is a piano in the home. But (22)__ one parent pointed out, (23)__ was an old
keyboard he gave his one-year-old son. As children grow older the (24)__ they enjoy
watching the letters appear (25)__ the screen. One parent recalls how her daughter
would become very excited (26)__ seeing her name appear. And more (27)__ anything
her young son still enjoys typing his own name.
